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By Jul 15, 2020
Science

Turn any magazine into a flashlight with this optical illusion

Batteries not required.
By May 8, 2020
Science

Here’s why your brain is so bad at those ‘spot the difference’ games

They entertained you for entire minutes at the dentist’s office.
By Jun 8, 2018
Energy

What it really takes to power your home for a day

Here's how much gas, coal, oil, wind, solar, water, or nuclear fuel is required.
By May 10, 2018
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What is a horsepower?

It's enough to power a coffeemaker or boil 2.2 gallons of water.
By Jan 29, 2018
Technology

Robert Afzal is developing powerful laser blasters for the U.S. military

Dynamite with a laser beam.
By Jan 20, 2018
Technology

In photos: updating New York’s vast and fragile telecom backbone

The cables that keep information flowing through the Big Apple are undergoing a transformation, from aging copper to strong and...
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Hackers are attacking the electric grid

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Get off the couch and under a barbell with this weightlifting starter kit

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Inside the country’s biggest nuclear power plant tear-down

Unbuilding an atomic giant.
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Even as we use more gadgets, American energy consumption is dropping

More appliances? No problem.